remember two gunned down during a live broadcast. we're learning more about an employee with a history of erratic behavior. a storm slams the coast in the eastern united states. and it gives biden something to think about as he considers a white house run. captioning funded by cbs captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, august 28th, 2015. good morning. thanks for joining us. this morning it's suggested the gunman who killed a tv crew may have been planning more

killings. craig boswell reports. the incredible evidence in this shooting have created a new live for victims and their families. it's prompted an enormous outpouring of support as the cards and flowers and balloons continue to pile up here. members of the roanoke, virginia, community came together at wdbj for a stop the rally violence thursday night. crew alison parker and cameraman adam ward were gunned down on tv. parker's parents want her to be remembered. >> that's our hope and something we will work for till the end of our days. >> reporter: barbara and andy will advocate for tougher gun laws. >> at the end of your term

you've got nothing to lose and i don't want to see another alison and adam die like this because nothing gets done and i challenge you to join me. >> reporter: police say vester flanagan legally bought two pistols from this gun shop. police searched his car and recovered a glock pistol, a briefcase, three license plates, a wig, and a black hat, also a to-do list. wdbj is considering new procedures before sending crew out to do live shots again. at least four people are dead after tropical storm erika slammed into the island of dominica. the storm delivered 15 inches of rain to co-minka triggered devastating mudslides and flooding. about 20 people are missing. meteorologist eric fisher of our cbs station wbz says erika is on

track to menace florida and southeast. >> we continue to watch erika's progress. already brought flooding rain into the leeward islands. it continues to work its way west. tropical storms out for puerto rico, the dominican republic, as well as the turks and kay koes and also now parts of the bahamas. here's a look at the track. that could actually really bring down the intensity of the storm. very mountainous terrain, tends to destroy tropical systems if they go right over the top of it but it could reorganize it and takes a packet right up the eastern coast of florida and the southeastern coast of the united states. at that point it could be a hurricane, perhaps a stronger hurricane if it can survive that trip. a lot of very warm water hee, well up into the 8 0s. in terms of the steering currents, it's parallel to the coast so it could be several

days before it tracks up florida and any of those states. we'll be monitoring erika carefully over the next 48 hours. this morning hillary clinton is pledging top democrats to pledge their support as vice president bind mulls whether to join the race. biden says he'll make a decision by the end of summer. hena daniels is here in new york. hena, good morning. >> good morning, allison. several presidential kents including hillary clinton will address the members in minneapolis today. one person who won't be in attendance is joe biden who appears to be stealing the spotlight from the contenders. they'll hear from hillary clinton today. at a campaign thursday she compared her republican rivals to terrorists for their views on women's issues lie abortion. >> extreme views about women, we

expect that from some of the terrorist groups but it's a little hard to take coming from republic republicans who want to be the president of the united states. >> gop candidates including jeb bush and john kasich condemned the remarks and the republican national committee quickly called for clinton apologize for her rhetoric. her terrorist remarks comes as a new quinnipiac poll shows she may be in trouble. support for the current front-runner has fallen by ten points in the last month. the same poll also shows joe biden doing better in matchup against donald trump and clinton even though he hasn't entered the race. >> if joe biden were on the fence, they'd have to look at these numbers and say everything else is not looking great and you look terrific it's my hair, i swear.

trump's controversial stance on immigration has put him at odds which is vital in deciding who wins the election. he may be ready to lawn afternoon third white house bid. biden met with the democratic union. he's not sure if his family is emotionally ready for a third white house run given the recent passing of his eldest son beau biden. >> certainly underable. on the "cbs moneywatch" investors are hoping for stocks to end ott a high note for the third day. jill wagner is here with that and more. >> we we're waiting for more reports on consumer spending and perj income in july. stocks on wall street had another day of strong earnings after a report indicated that the u.s. economy expanded much

better. over the last three days the dow recouped nearly half of its losses. the dow gained 369 points thursday. the s&p was up 47. the nasdaq rose 115 points. crew oil prices jumped more than 10 points thursday. it rose $3.96 to settle it more that $42 a barrel. it was the largest gain since march of 2009. landmark ruling from the national relabor relations board voted thursday to redefine the employe employe employer/employee contracts. it would allow them to work directly with corporate giants like mcdonald's. they're cutting their ties with a tennessee chicken farmer. they had a hidden camera that show as what they say a gruesome

treatment of chickens. and a new milestone for facebook. 1 billion people logged onto the site monday. that's the most people who used the network in a single day. it accounts for one out of every seven people on earth. it has 1.5 billion users. it's amazing. why aren't a billion watching snus. >> that's a good question. they need to get on it. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thank you. hundreds are feared dead after a ship passed with migrants cap side off libya. up to 400 people were on board when it set off. libya's coast guard has rescued about 200 people. many of the migrants are from africa and war-torn syria. and european officials are reacting to another migrant

tragedy. there was an abandoned truck with decomposing bodies. as many as 70 are thought to have suffocated inside. president obama tours new orleans to see the progress made and the work that still has to be done in the aftermath of hurricane katrina.

risings temperatures and increasing winds are fueling the largest wildfire in washington state. it's burned more than 450 square miles. 45 homes and almost 50 cabins have been damaged. three firefighters died fighting the fire last week. tomorrow marks ten years since hurricane katrina devastated the gulf coast. it killed more than a thousand and forced millions from their homes. president obama went to new orleans to see the recovery.

weijian jiang reports. >> reporter: president obama went to see new orleans. it was one of several neighborhoods devastated when katrina hit in 2005. but now new town homes line the streets. >> what you're seeing is an example of the incredible federal, state, local partnerships that have helped to revitalize this community. >> reporter: the president also visited a new community center in the lower ninth ward, the hardest hit area when the city's levees failed. >> today this new community stands as a symbol. >> reporter: he's the director of the agency that built the region's new $13.5 billion levee system. he shows us what he calls the workhorse. >> the protective side of barrier acts as a retention

basin. >> reporter: the system also including a water system and flood gates. from the air you can see the multiple lines of defense. still some say natural barricades are the best protection. >> three miles of wetlands would reduce the storm surge by one third before it gets to a levee or flood watt. >> reporter: that will take time or money. president obama promises the country will help protect the city against the next monster storm. weijian jiang, cbs news, new orleans. planned parenthood is fighting back. the group sent letters to congress saying the recorders have been deceptively edited and are unreliable. four congressional committees are investigating. a county clerk in rural kentucky refuses to back down in her fight against same-sex marriage. kim davis is defying a federal

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. in sports darryl dawkins is being remembered this morning for his generosity, big smile, and backboard shattering dunks. dawkins wasn't the first high schooler taken in the draft. he was nicknamed chocolate thunder for his rim-wrecking dunks. he died yesterday of a heart attack. he was 58 years old. a scare for the world's fastest man. usain bolt is taking it. but a man on a segway with a camera lost control and landed on bolt. he won't down, landed on his back but gingerly got up. he says he's okay. zimmerman homered and singled in a run as the nats

beat san diego, 4-2. he droesh in eight runs during the three-game southeast. washington remains 6 1/2 games behind in the national league east. and yordano hit a monster home run as the royals beat the orioles. and when we return, one of the top stories. why some consider guns to be the latest epidemic in the wake of the virginia news crew murders. , so you don't have to stop. because you believe in go. onward. today's the day. carpe diem. tylenol® 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. the second lasts all day. we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. tylenol®.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. taking another look at today's top stories, tropical storm erika killed at least four

people on the caribbean island. it's now lashing puerto rico. it could turn into a hurricane as it moves closer to florida. and evidence suggests that a former disgruntled reporter may have planned more killings. a community honored alison parker and adam ward. the news crew chuting has sparked a new debate. a survey shows america represents a quarter million of the guns. jeff glor reports. >> it is not the first time we've seen a horrific shooting. it's not the first time it's been recorded. but for many this is a first. thinking about gun violence the same way we think about car accidents or smoking as a public health issue. >> the real tragedy here is a lot of it is preventible.

>> seatbelts, airbags, and all those things we didn't have before have dramatically reduced the number of automobile crashes and the human toll from that. we can do the same thing with firearms. >> reporter: benjamin say as public health campaign that focused on security of the guns in the home, more screening of men tilley ill focuses less on politics and more on prevention. author of the book "more guns, less crime." >> how does more guns mean less crime? >> every country that has banned guns has seen an crease in murder rates. not just washington, d.c. and chicago. >> those who say it's an attempt to restrict it, dwlou respond? >> the second amendment is real, we respect it. but let's figure out how to save lives.

suicide is even worse. jeff glor, cbs news, new york. jury deliberations continue in the new hampshire prep school sexual assault trial. prosecutors accused 19-year-old owen labrie of sexual assault last year. indycar pace tribute to the late justin wilson. they drove his car to lead a motorcade across the golden gate bridge thursday. it's in memory of wilson who died after being hit by debris sunday at pocono. for some reason thousands are waiting to smell the corpse flower in chicago. it's about to bloom after growing for 12 years. the plant nicknamed spike is named for its foul smell. some say it smells like death. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," an

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a security camera captured video of a terrifying crash in texas. a truck driver in dallas plowed into a car carrying a family and pushed it off the road. the truck driver did not stop. the man in the car, his wife, and two children survived the crash. the family later learned the driver reportedly has no insurance. ballet tells a story through dance. we end this story with a ballet star and the story he's telling young dancers in his hometown. wyatt andrews reports. ♪ >> reporter: to the ballet students at suitland high school in maryland, eric underwood is a legend because underwood, a

graduate of suit land high has risen with the royal ballet in london. with the ballet toured the u.s., he wanted to visit suitland. and his first stop was to thank barbara marx. >> you sweet thing. >> reporter: the teacher who discovered him as dancer moment after he flunked an acting addition. >> they were dunking and i thought, my sister does splits at home. i'll do that. >> i saw a darling little boy who really wanted to work. >> reporter: what did that mean? >> everything. everything. when someone can invest in you like that, it's beautiful. >> reporter: he returned that investment with a message for the students. to ignore anyone who says black dancers can't succeed in ballet.

>> but there's no reason you can't either. it's not like -- you know, i'm not a superhero. i'm just like you. >> reporter: the dancers told him what they face is high school peer pressure not to try so hard. >> and when you're different, you're the boy who dances, a lot >> reporter: but the way to t. handle the doubter, he told him is to turn everything they say into resolve. >> i just thought of it as like, okay, i need to work harder. >> reporter: to students like sophomore kai ya snow, his shot was to encourage. >> if you want to be a dancer, be a dancer. >> reporter: by the end of this visit if boy who dances the class had learned more than his approach to technique. what they learned was his approach to life. wyatt andrews, cbs news, suit land, maryland. and coming up after your local news on "cbs this

morning," the latest on the deadly shooting of the tv crew in virginia and the tributes pouring in from cbs affiliates, plus a look at the progress louisiana ten years after katrina. and josh groban is in studio 57. that's the "cbs morning news" for this friday. i'm alison harmelin. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new this morning, police are searching for the suspect involved in a carjacking and kid capping overnight in south philadelphia. you won't believe the key piece of evidence left behind. >> plus, teachers in struggling school district agree to work without a paycheck. all in order to start classes on time. we'll update you on what's going on this morning. >> and despite what it seems, still plenty of space in the city for anyone interested in coming to see the pope. we'll have more on the available rail passes, and also hotel rooms here in philadelphia. >> today is friday, august 28th, good morning to you, thanks so much for joining us, i'm nicole brewer. i'm joined by the lovely meisha and kyla, good morning to you both. >> good morning, tgif. right, we made it to the ends